Cranberries have antioxidant properties that boost lifespan, Newsmax Health reports.

A new study found that experiments involving fruit flies at the National Institute on Aging demonstrated that cranberry supplements prolonged the insects live spans when given at any stage of their lives.

 According to report on the study in the Wall Street Journal, groups of 100 to 200 flies were fed a high-sugar diet supplemented with 2 percent cranberry extract during the flies' three biological stages that correspond to young adulthood, middle, and old age in humans.

Compared to flies that were not given the extracts, insects receiving the cranberry supplement lived 25-30 percent longer. 

Researchers noted cranberries are especially rich in phytochemicals, which are healthy, plant-based antioxidants linked to health and longevity in other studies.